The Science and Art of Medicine

Cerebro-spinal manometer, Guys, with case, English

• Guy's cerebrospinal manometer, 1860-1950.

Part of von Basch sphygmomanometer, owned by T.L. Brunton

• Sphygmomanometer (blood pressure apparatus), late 19th century.

Quain's stethometer in case, by Delolme and supplied by Coxeter, London. Sir Richard Quain (1816-1898) devised the stethometer to measure the difference in mobility of each side of the chest, as an aid to diagnosis.

• Quain's stethometer, late 19th century.

This model of a female lying on a velvet cloth is inside a glass display case. The figure is made from bees-wax and hair and the front can be removed to reveal the internal organs, some of which can themselves be removed. The model was probably manuf

• Wax anatomical figure of a reclining female, c 1771-1800

This is a figure of a man lying on a bed with a pillow under his head. The figure is made of wood and the front can be removed to reveal the internal organs.

• Two wooden anatomical figures 17th century

The humerus is the upper arm bone, between the elbow and the shoulder. This example is from the left arm of an adult and shows a healed unreduced fracture. It was excavated in Tell Fara, Egypt and is thought to originate from the Roman period, 100 BC

• Humerus of an adult human, 100 BC-AD 200 and broken foot bones, 4000-2001 BC, from Egypt.

Gold angel, used as a touchpiece in the ceremony of healing by touch, mint mark in form of a castle, 2nd or 3rd coinage, issued by James I, 1603-1625

• Jacobean touchpieces, English, 1610-1625.

A wooden divination board, known as an itombwa. It is carved in the form of an animal and was used by diviners of the Kuba people to answer questions about an illness. The flat back is covered in oil and water and rubbed with the wooden block. When

• Itombwa, wooden divination board, in the form of an animal, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1880–1920

Wooden statue of St. Cornelius, probably French, c. 1601-1700. Cornelius was ordained as Bishop of Rome in 251. As a saint he is invoked against a number of medical conditions, including earache and epilepsy.

• Statue of St. Cornelius, probably French, c. 1601-1700

Statue of Saint Anthony the Hermit, Dutch, 16th century. St. Anthony was patron saint of those afflicted with ergotism, also known as St. Anthony's fire, a skin disease caused by grain infected by the ergot fungus. St Anthony's fire is symbolised by

• Statue of St. Anthony, Netherlands, c. 1501-1600